I used to be able to go from the Finder Go>Network then click on 'Servers' and select the other mac. But It doesn't show up any longer. I checked all the connections.

I'm able though to go Go>Connect to Server and type in the address and it connects OK, this never used to be necessary. Why has this happened.

Also I used to be able to see the other macs iTunes and connect but I can't see it either.

I think this might be why another problem is occuring...I have just connected a new external drive and I was hoping the other mac could see it, but it can't.

Does anyone have any ideas why this has suddenly happened. All the connections must be fine because I can type in the Address. Nothing has been changed. They both have iTunes and File sharing on in the Sharing pane, as they always did.

OK it's a new day now and after a couple of restarts and permissions checks on each mac, iTunes and the network are behaving normally again. However I still don't know how to make the external drive on my desktop show up on the other emac desktop.

EDIT: I changed the permissions on the external partition to read and write for everyone but it still is not showing up.

It seemed straightforward enough to me but after reading dozens of online articles at apple.com I'm no closer to a solution.

I've got two emacs running tiger connected to each other via an ethernet adsl/router. They can share iTunes and Public folders.

I've just plugged in a LaCie firewire external drive which is on my desktop and all I want to do is to be able to access a volume on it from the other mac. I've spent hours wallowing through every help file on the mac and three forums. But I'm no closer to an answer.

The closest I got was that in the Sharing pane I could select the 'volumes' but there is no such a choice. Maybe it was pre Tiger.

In frustration I made an alias to one of the external hd volumes and placed it in my public folder. The other mac could see the alias but clicking on it brought up a dialog box that said it needed to be mounted.

I'm really at a loss here. Maybe what I'm trying to achieve isn't possible. Is there a better way to do this. All I want to do is to use part of the external hd for the other networked mac to use without having to unplug it and connect it directly by firewire.

I'm not sure whether to feel good or bad about your post. I feel good because you say it's possible but I feel bad because it's not working and I can't see why.

The bit that isn't happening is that their mac will not see the volumes they can only see my two user accounts "x" and "xxxx". The 'ignore permissions' box *was* checked but I changed the permissions so that all three were read/write and rebooted both machines.

You can see the screenshot from my computer and the Volumes on the desktop.
You can see that they cannot see these volumes on their computer when they try to connect.

1) Change the permissions so they are ignored on the external drive.
2) Someome MUST be logged into the Mac with the external to have it mount, and therefore, be mountable on another Mac.
3) How are you trying to get it to mount, AFP?

are they loging on as guests or using a username and password? Such as you user accounts username and password?

I think when you try and connect you have the choice to connect as a guest or a user. The guest i don't not believe have access to external drives only public folders.
So maybe create a user account for them on your machine and give them the username and pass for it.

are they loging on as guests or using a username and password? Such as you user accounts username and password?

I think when you try and connect you have the choice to connect as a guest or a user. The guest i don't not believe have access to external drives only public folders.
So maybe create a user account for them on your machine and give them the username and pass for it.

not sure what you mean about trying to set a afp password. If you browse to the other machine via the netwrok browser and click on the machine you need to connect to it should just request the user name and password.

not sure what you mean about trying to set a afp password. If you browse to the other machine via the netwrok browser and click on the machine you need to connect to it should just request the user name and password.

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Yes it does, but I don't know what the password is. Don't they have to set me as a registered user? And I don't know how to set one to give to them and vice versa.

I've checked all the options in the sharing and security preferences. With no luck. I tried using what I know is their account log in password but that doesn't work.

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